SPLIT ROCK FILMS was founded in 2010 with the assertion that our lives and our dreams are to be lived out loud, in full color, all around us and in the present moment. That our survival is dependent on putting more attention on beautiful and joyful things in the world. That the more we recognize ourselves in everyone, the better the world is.
Meet the team behind the scenes:
IRENE WALSH - PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, AND FOUNDER OF SPLIT ROCK FILMS.
Irene Walsh brings nearly twenty years of experience working professionally in theater and film, both under the lights and behind the scenes. She has worked on camera with established actors like Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia in The Guys, and on stages in New York City with Kathleen Turner, Bebe Neuwirth, Gloria Reuben, Bill Irwin, Terrence Mann, Phyllis Somerville and Gerry Bamman. She is a member of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Actors Equity Association. She was the president of the Bats, the resident company of actors at the Flea Theater in New York City, and was awarded the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Charles Maikish Award for "An artist who shows excellence within their field" for her work with the Flea Theater, under the artistic direction of Jim Simpson. She earned her B.A. in acting and directing at SUNY New Paltz, where she served as the president for the student producing organization, New Paltz Players. The current documentary, Lapa: The Heart of Samba (Samba da Lapa), is a confluence of these experiences, Irene's joy for Brazil, for Rio de Janeiro, for samba, for the neighborhood of Lapa, and for this particular community of musicians. Irene regularly sings samba in NYC.
VICTOR AVILA - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Victor is a Native of Cali, Colombia. Victor studied journalism in college, and in 2001 he immigrated to the United States to attend the film program at the City University of New York. Victor has amassed more than ten years experience in Colombian and U.S. productions that also include commercials, documentaries, music videos, short films and TV shows. Enroute to his current specialty as a director of photography, Victor has held numerous positions in the camera department. He draws inspiration from and has worked with industry leaders such as Spike Lee, actors Christopher Plummer, Ellen Burstyn and Donald Faison among others, in addition to singers Jennifer Lopez, Fat Joe, Three Six Mafia, and sportsman Michael "Magic" Johnson. He has also worked with Spanish pop stars such as Enrique Iglesias, Paulina Rubio, Gloria Estefan, and Ricky Martin.
PEDRO ASBEG - EDITOR
Pedro Asbeg is a Brazilian who was born in London and graduated in film studies from the Westminster University in London. Since then, he has edited, directed, and produced more than 30 short-film documentaries. He has worked in New York, London and Rio de Janeiro, and is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese. He has worked on a number of films that have been selected for festivals, including "Citizen Boilesen", screened in more than 15 countries around the world and won the prestigious "It's all true" International Documentary Film Festival main award. At the moment, he is editing the fifth feature-length documentary of his career. He is also finishing his first feature-length documentary as a director.
MICKI MIHICH - CO-PRODUCER
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Micki Mihich has been working for the movie industry for almost 20 years, having worked in the most different areas such as marketing, promotions, advertising, contracts and licensing, for some of the biggest film studios and distributors in Brazil and the U.S. His debut film, "The 100th Job", which he co-produced, wrote and directed has been selected by 20 film fetivals worldwide and won 8 awards plus distribution via the Movieola Short Film Channel. Currently he's directing the feature-length comedy "Ship Happens" and pre-producing the thriller "Knocking at Your Back Door", which he will also direct, both written by him and produced by his company Impossível Productions. He's also edited, written and co-produced for others and has enjoyed an award-winning career as a journalist, having worked for the medium for over 20 years writing about films and music.